866 CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR. 



u. eded, to restore a healthy condition to the stomach and bowels. For 

 young calves that are fed on milk, — with whom an acid condition of the 

 stomach is common, — give one or two tablespoonfuls of lime water, in 

 the milk, night and morning ; and a teacupf ul of gentian infusion, with 

 a quart of starch gruel, may be added to the milk and limewater. Any 

 of the following mixtures may be given : 



No. 29. 1 Ounce prepared chalk, 



}4 Ounce powdered catechu, 



2 Drachms powdered ginger, 

 3^ Drachm powdered opium, 

 )4 Pint peppermint water, 



Mix. 



Give, morning and night, from two to four tablespoonfuls, according 

 to the size of the calf. 



No. 30. 2 Ounces tincture of catechu, 



2 Ounces tincture of cardamoms, 

 2 Drachms carbonate of soda, 

 Mix. 



Divide into two to four doses, according to age of calf, and give one 

 of them morning and night. 



No. 31. 1^ Drachm powdered opium, 



1 Ounce tincture of cardamoms, 



3 Drachms sulphuric ether, 



1 Pint linseed tea, (or starch gruel) , 

 Mix. 



Divide into six doses, and give one of them night and morning. If 

 astringent mixtures and the limewater do no good, give from two to four 

 tablespoonfuls of castor oil, or, instead, the following mixture: 



No. 32. 4 Ounces tincture of rhubarb, 



2 Draclims powdered ginger, 

 4 Ounces warm gruel. 

 Mix. 



Give as one dose, and follow it with some doses of No. 30 or 31. The 

 four recii)es above given, it must be remembered, are all for calves. 

 For f ul 



No. 33. IX Ounces prepared chalk, 



2 Drachms powdered catechu, 

 }^ Drachm powdered opium, 

 2 Drachms powdered gentian, 

 1 Pint starch gruel, 

 Mix. 



Give as one dose^ and repeat in twenty-four hours if necessary. 



